After futilely spending the greater part of a decade trying to conquer all of C league, the Homers breached the walls and crushed the Voodoo Toad Fury 18 to 4. Following but a modicum of pillaging and selling off into slavery, the Homers reflected upon their accomplishment. Did they compare to the 1955 Dodgers, who beat the Yankees for their first title after losing to them in 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, and 1953? Perhaps the 1985 Lakers who beat the Celtics after losing to them in 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, and 1984. Assistant manager Jeff Osman: "Consider these points:
Voodoo 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
Homers 1 1 10 3 1 2 x 18
Ron OF P OF 3B P OF OF
Evora 3B 3B 1B 1B 1B 3B -
Richard SS OF p OF SS OF P
Robb P 1B OF P - P SS
Annette OF 2B 3B 2B 2B OF 3B
Tony 1B OF SS OF OF - 1B
Tim OF SS OF OF OF SS OF
David OF OF OF SS OF 1B OF
Sheila 2B OF 2B OF OF OF OF
Scott C C C C C C C
Beth - - - - 3B 2B 2B
manager: Sue
In deference to Sue's smashing debut as the Homer manager, where every
defensive alignment she devised worked, dinner was held at Crown City,
which by coincidence happened to be where Voodoo went. Scott, Sue, Ron,
Robb, Tony, Sheila, Tim, and Richard partook in the the
drinking/boasting/taunting.
Offensively, the Homers brought out the whupping sticks and put them to frequent use, knocking 7 home runs. Richard hit 3; Tim, 2 including a big 3-run dinger in the big third inning; and Scott and Ron, 1 each. This was a group thrashing though, especially in the third when 12 Homers batted, inflicting the mercy rule on the Toads, from which they could not escape for the rest of the game. The Homer *team* batting average for the game was .611.
Defensively, Richard and Annette split the play of the day award. The first Voodoo batter in the sixth inning hit a low line drive down the left field line which Richard sprinted full speed for and caught at shin-level. His basking desires went unfulfilled though, as the next batter hit a towering shot to left-center directly over Annette, who drifted back, way back, before finally gathering it in. David took a star turn at shortstop in the 4th inning, catching a blooper over his right shoulder and a hard liner to his left. And to end the game, Richard, Robb, and Tony turned a 1-6-3 double play.
By the time we play our next game,